Comparison

Edit Contact Pro vs Export Contacts

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Edit Contact Pro

Manage your phone contacts with this comprehensive tool. Easily back up, restore, and export your contacts to iCloud or Excel. It also helps you find and merge duplicates, format numbers, and add or remove country codes.

Highlights
  • Backup, restore, import, export contacts
  • Check and merge duplicate contacts
  • Add/remove country codes
  • Format phone numbers
  • Export contacts to Excel
  • Share contacts
  • Send SMS/Mail to selected contacts
Features
Read full description

This app is the best FREE app for your contacts. 1. Help you to backup/restore/import/export your contacts to/from iCloud 2. CHECK and MERGE duplicated contacts 3. Add/remove the country code 4. Format phone numbers 5. Delete all contacts 6. Export contacts to Excel file 7. Share your contacts 8. Send SMS/Mail to a list of selected contacts. 9. Do you want to change the prefix of numbers in your contact list? See example: Number: 0935675680 Old Prefix: 0, New Prefix: +84 => New number: +84935675680 Number: +84935675680 Old Prefix: +84, New Prefix: 0 => New number: 0935675680 Number: 0935675680 Old Prefix: (Empty), New Prefix: +84 => New number: +840935675680

About

Export Contacts

Effortlessly back up and export your contacts to various formats, including vCard, Excel, and CSV. Customize your exports by selecting specific fields and groups, and save custom setups for quick, repeated use. Enjoy a privacy-first approach with local processing and seamless integration with iOS features.

Highlights
  • Export contacts to Excel or CSV
  • Backup contacts to vCard
  • Select specific fields and groups for export
  • Create and save custom export setups
  • Sync export setups across devices
  • Retain contact pictures and notes in vCard backups
  • Local processing for privacy
Features
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Easily export your contacts to Excel or CSV, or back them up to a vCard file. Customize your exports by choosing specific fields, even with thousands of contacts on older devices. ### THE MOST FLEXIBLE CONTACT EXPORTER FOR iOS - Unlike other apps, you can select individual fields and contact groups to export. - Unlike other apps, you can limit your export to contacts that were changed or added after the last export (in-app purchase required). - Create custom export setups for different purposes to simplify repetitive tasks. - An export setup saves your format and field preferences. Start an export with a single tap, making repeated exports effortless. - Export in Excel format or CSV with customizable settings (in-app purchase required). - Export phone numbers in multiple formats such as Automatic, National, International, and E.164. - Compatible with any iPhone or iPad running iOS 18 or newer, in both landscape and portrait. ### EXPORTS VIA SIRI, SHORTCUTS AND AUTOMATIONS - Start an export with Siri, without opening the app. - Run an existing export setup as a shortcut. - Or set the format and field selection directly in the Shortcuts app. - Have exports run at a set time through an automation, weekly as a vCard backup for instance. - Chain the export with other actions, to file or send the finished document. - Check the app's log to see which automated runs took place. ### INTEGRATED FREE CONTACT BACKUP - Export to vCards for quick and efficient backups of your contact list. Email the vCard to yourself or save it to Apple’s Files app. - Unlike other apps, it retains contact pictures and notes when exporting to vCards. - Easy restore: Import the saved *.vcf file directly into Apple’s Contacts app without needing a separate app. ### ADVANTAGES - Fully integrated with iOS features like Apple’s Files app and direct exports to apps like Numbers and Excel. - Robust and efficient, capable of handling thousands of contacts with excellent memory management. - Benefit from 20 years of development experience in Apple address book programming for Mac and iOS. ### PRIVACY-FIRST APPROACH The app values your privacy, performing all exports locally on your device without requiring login to any service. It respects international privacy laws, avoids analyzing your contacts, and eliminates any user tracking. ### EXCLUSIVE FOR iOS Built exclusively for iPhone and iPad with Apple’s native tools, assuring you high performance and long-term support.

Screenshots

Edit Contact Pro4 screens
Export Contacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Export Contacts at none against Edit Contact Pro's shown. Edit Contact Pro's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Edit Contact Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Export Contacts sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Edit Contact Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 378 and 89 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Edit Contact Pro's written reviews are positive against 70% of Export Contacts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Edit Contact Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Export Contacts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Edit Contact Pro versus Export Contacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEdit Contact ProExport Contacts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (378 ratings) — better4.3 (89 ratings)
Positive reviews83.9% of reviews — better70.4% of reviews
Number of ratings378 — better89
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNguyen SangStefan Keller

Customer experience

Edit Contact Pro

All ratings378 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative12.9%

Export Contacts

All ratings89 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative15.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive70.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative22.2%

Bugs and requests

Edit Contact Pro

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Duplicate and disappearing contacts
  • Crashes when merging contacts
  • Creates its own useless address book
  • Lost some contacts
  • App edits and saves only the last phone number
Show 1 more
  • Backup crashes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Filter contacts by date or age
  • Combine actual contacts in groups
  • Review changes before committing

Export Contacts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Edit Contact Pro

One-time2
  • Remove Advertisement$0.99
  • Unlock Features$0.99
2 purchases

Export Contacts

One-time2
  • Changed Contacts Export$2.99
  • CSV & Excel Export Formats$6.99

Questions

Is Edit Contact Pro free?
Edit Contact Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Export Contacts free?
Export Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Edit Contact Pro or Export Contacts?
Edit Contact Pro is rated higher. Edit Contact Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 378 ratings, while Export Contacts averages 4.3 from 89 ratings.
Do Edit Contact Pro or Export Contacts have ads?
Edit Contact Pro shows ads; Export Contacts does not.
Which is updated more often, Edit Contact Pro or Export Contacts?
Edit Contact Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, and Export Contacts every 2 months. Most recently, Edit Contact Pro was updated on October 12, 2026 and Export Contacts on September 24, 2026.

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